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Pinckneyville council approves firehouse HVAC, TIF deal and several routine personnel and procurement actions
Summary
The Pinckneyville City Council unanimously approved a $48,500 HVAC replacement for the fire house, adopted a TIF redevelopment agreement with Kellerman’s Feed & Supply (R-2025-25), accepted the city treasurer’s resignation and appointed Pat Kattenbraker as treasurer, authorized accounts payable additions totaling $14,549.34, and issued a notice of bid for water plant maintenance and a relief operator.
The Pinckneyville City Council met Monday, Sept. 8, 2025, in the Council Chambers and approved a slate of routine business, including a $48,500 HVAC replacement for the fire house, a Tax Increment Financing redevelopment agreement with Kellerman’s Feed & Supply, and the appointment of a new city treasurer.
City officials opened the meeting at 6:00 p.m. with Mayor Robert L. Spencer presiding. The council voted unanimously to allow Commissioner William B. Stotlar to attend by phone, establishing a quorum; City Attorney Don Bigham requested that an executive session be added to the agenda for property-sale pricing and pending or probable litigation.
The council approved the minutes from the Aug. 25 regular meeting by unanimous roll call. There was no treasurer’s report available for the Sept. 8 meeting.
On a motion by Commissioner William B. Stotlar, seconded by Commissioner Sammy D. Peradotta, the council approved accounts payable with additions totaling $14,549.34: $9,960.34 to IMGA for gas; $89.00 to Peac Solutions Solutions for a water-department copier lease; $2,000.00 to Rice Sullivan for the TIF audit; and $2,500.00 for city audit work through Aug. 31, 2025. The motion passed on a unanimous roll call vote.
Commissioner Kevin B. Hicks presented a quote from Neal’s Heating & Cooling, Inc., to replace the fire house HVAC system at a total job cost of $48,500. Fire Chief Curtis Miller told the council the existing heaters are more than 30 years old and only one of four is working. Commissioner Hicks moved to approve the quote; Commissioner Joshua L. Kuhnert seconded, and the council voted unanimously to authorize the replacement.
The council also voted to issue notices of bid for maintenance at the water treatment plant and to recruit a Water Treatment Plant Relief Operator to fill an open position; Commissioner Kuhnert made the motion, Commissioner Peradotta seconded, and the motion passed unanimously.
Mayor Spencer presented Resolution No. R-2025-25, authorizing a TIF redevelopment agreement between the City of Pinckneyville and Kellerman’s Feed & Supply, Inc. Commissioner Sammy D. Peradotta moved adoption of the resolution, Commissioner Kevin B. Hicks seconded, and the council adopted R-2025-25 by unanimous roll call vote.
The council accepted the resignation of City Treasurer Arthur F. Reese on a motion by Commissioner Hicks, seconded by Commissioner Kuhnert. The council then appointed Pat Kattenbraker, CPA, as the new City Treasurer on a subsequent motion by Commissioner Kuhnert, seconded by Commissioner Hicks; both votes were unanimous.
During public comment, Commissioner Hicks thanked residents who contacted him regarding his planned No Vote on a grant application for a multipurpose path between the junior high school and Pinckneyville Community Hospital. Genevieve Hester, speaking on behalf of the Pinckneyville High School Golf Team, thanked the city for sponsoring the team’s golf scramble.
The council moved into executive session at 6:09 p.m. to discuss Section 2(c)(6) (setting a price for the sale or lease of public property) and Section 2(c)(11) (pending or probable litigation). The council returned to open session at 6:31 p.m. and adjourned the meeting the same minute.
Votes at a glance: The meeting record shows unanimous YEA votes on all recorded motions, including approval of previous minutes (motion by Peradotta, seconded by Kuhnert), accounts payable additions (motion by Stotlar, seconded by Peradotta), fire house HVAC contract (motion by Hicks, seconded by Kuhnert), issuance of notices of bid for the water plant (motion by Kuhnert, seconded by Peradotta), adoption of Resolution R-2025-25 (motion by Peradotta, seconded by Hicks), acceptance of Treasurer Arthur F. Reese’s resignation (motion by Hicks, seconded by Kuhnert), appointment of Pat Kattenbraker as treasurer (motion by Kuhnert, seconded by Hicks), motion to enter executive session (motion by Peradotta, seconded by Hicks), return to open session (motion by Peradotta, seconded by Kuhnert), and adjournment (motion by Hicks, seconded by Kuhnert).
What’s next: The minutes do not list any follow-up tasks or implementation dates for the approved items; the council’s next procedural steps would be procurement and contract execution for the HVAC work, advertisement and hiring for the water treatment positions, and any implementation steps tied to the TIF agreement. The meeting record includes an executive session discussion of property sale pricing and litigation, but no actions taken in open session were recorded following that discussion.
